I really like Ciaran Hinds as an actor - he could recite the telephone book and be good - there's the clue - he has only a couple of lines of dialogue in the whole film. I think the aim was to be charming in the French farce style and the movie is certainly beguiling with lovely locations and amiable participants - even possibly achieving the world wide appeal of Mr Bean with minimal dialogue. I don't know why everybody likes Mr Bean but they seem to do everywhere so perhaps that what they were aiming for here. Possibly Wes Anderson does this eccentric style better but what are they trying to say here. It is not profound and maybe it is a little charming but there are more charming movies to be found.
Review of The Man in the Hat
